California Biographies
Source:
History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, California
by: C M Gidney - Santa Barbara. Benjamin Brooks - San Luis Obispo.
Edwin M Sheridan - Ventura
Volumes II - Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, ILL., 1917
This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm
SANTA BARBARA UNIT BRICK AND TILE COMPANY. Founded in 1912, the Santa Barbara Unit Brick and
Tile Company is the only business of its kind in Santa Barbara County devoted exclusively to the
manufacture of artificial granite, limestone, sandstone, roof tile, plain and ornamental brick, and
interior and lawn decorations. It is a company that has supplied an insistent local demand for the
highest class of building material, and these materials have been constantly utilized since the opening
of the plant in the construction of many of the notable private, business and public structures in and
around Santa Barbara. Its output includes various types of re-enforced concrete construction, notably
sewer pipe and other materials employed so extensively in municipal enterprises. The company does
an extensive business in the manufacture of tile, a process that has been patented. All roofing tile is
water-proof and made from natural colored sand that gives the tile its permanent color. The different
patterns of tile are: American S., Spanish Mission, Old Mission and Italian, they will also make any
special shapes to suit the purchaser. The successful operation of this plant goes far toward increasing
the permanency and fireproof qualities of building construction in this section of California.
Mr. A. F. Lewis, a well known resident of Santa Barbara, is at present superintendent of the plant,
which is located at No. 10 State Street. It is a company of local capital, its backers being some of the
principal business men of the city. Under such auspices it is not strange that the success of the
company has been of almost amazing proportions.